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Spooky Ravens Halloween Book Page Banner

It’s the second Monday of the month, which means today is the October Silhouette Challenge! A bunch of my Silhouette blogger buds and I are teaming up to share some awesome ideas for making your own garlands and banners. Plus, there are several Halloween-themed ideas, like my Spooky Ravens Halloween Book Page Banner!

Read on to see how I made my banner and to check out all of the other banner projects!

I’m not typically one for Halloween decor. I usually chalk it up to the fact that we don’t have kids, so why go all out for just the two of us? But when I get an idea in my head, I have to run with it. And that’s what happened when I saw that this month’s theme for the Silhouette Challenge was garlands and banners with a Halloween bonus. I started thinking about birds and ravens, which of course led my English major brain to literature, which in this case = Edgar Allan Poe. i.e. the perfect muse for Halloween.

And so the idea for this Spooky Ravens Halloween Book Page Banner started a-brewin’.

I started by designing my banner shape in Silhouette Studio. Sure, you can find different flag and banner shapes in the Silhouette Store, but it’s such an easy shape to draw that you might as well save yourself a few cents! Just draw a rectangle, then select the “Edit Points” tool (the arrow with the dots around it) to create an indentation along the bottom edge of the flag.

Then draw two lines at the top of the flag. These will cut as slits and make it easy to thread a ribbon through each flag for hanging.

For the ravens, I Googled “raven” in Image search, saved each as a .png file, imported them into Silhouette Studio and traced them. Then I sized each bird shape to fit inside the banners.

I utilized the Print and Cut feature to print the ravens onto each banner with a black Silhouette Sketch Pen, then cut each banner out. Of course, I had to use book pages for my banners! It wouldn’t be a Poe-inspired banner without book pages (wink).

Once each banner was sketched and cut, I wanted to fill the ravens in. I decided on watercolors because I wanted to give them an inky/aged sort of look.

Once dry, I aged each book page with brewed tea, then baked them in the oven for a few minutes to get them nice and crinkly.

To hang, I threaded black satin ribbon through the slits of each banner.

This one little banner inspired a whole Edgar Allan Poe-inspired Halloween mantel, which you can find here!

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23 thoughts on “Spooky Ravens Halloween Book Page Banner”

I can’t even begin to describe how obsessed I am with your banner! I love that you used watercolor…any time I can think of to use it myself I jump at it. The watercolor gives it the best look against the pages. I’m 10000% pinning this 🙂 thanks for sharing!Brittany @ DIY Just Cuz recently posted…Spider Sparkle Halloween Wreath

Thanks Amy! I’ve had mine for almost two years, but I like to stick to the simpler projects 😉 If you haven’t already, check out Silhouette School blog – she has tons of amazing tutorials for every kind of Silhouette project!

Emily, Emily, Emily… you *are* going to get me into watercolours, aren’t you? LOL. I love this banner. The watercolour adds that extra spookiness…nay, eerieness..and book pages are the perfect canvas for this project. I can’t wait to see what you’ve come up with for your Poe mantel. Looking forward to it with glee. :^)Eff @ Whatcha Workin’ On? recently posted…Halloween Mini Bat Garland

You know I love any kind of book inspired project! This is such a unique banner. You are always mixing it up your crafts with different techniques. LOVE!Kelly of Simply Kelly Designs recently posted…3 Easy DIY No Carve Pumpkin Ideas